They survived Hitler and the Holocaust – but these Jewish New Yorkers never imagined they’d witness images evoking the ...

The massive scope of inhumanity by an authoritarian government should concern us all. The deceitful sign entering Auschwitz, “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work sets you free”), clashes with the constant ...

awards for the liberation of Mauthausen; the World War II Liberation Medal from the Czech Republic, and the Order of Merit by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Using G.I. Bill benefits he earned as a ...

The anniversary has taken on added poignancy due to the advanced age of the survivors, even as new wars makes their warnings as relevant as ever.

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during World War II.

American and British forces, meanwhile, liberated camps to the west, including Buchenwald, Dachau, Mauthausen, Bergen-Belsen. After liberation day, some prisoners died of disease. Many confronted ...

Jan. 27, marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, or in other words, the end of the Holocaust—a term referring to the ...

Aron Krell, 98, a Holocaust survivor who was imprisoned at Auschwitz and ultimately liberated from the Mauthausen concentration ... Krell described his liberation as his “second birthday.” ...

awards for the liberation of Mauthausen and more. By the time Simon's service ended in January of 1946, he had earned a Christmas tree of medals and awards: three Purple Hearts; a Silver Star ...